The Melbournefc is about to issue the new jumper numbers for 2008. Demonland brings you the updated list of all numbers worn by players in the club's AFL/VFL teams (qualification - at least one senior game wearing the jumper number):

THE BOOK OF NUMBERS - INDEX [Numbers 1 to 10] by the Professor

Number 1

1912 William Allan (No. 9, 1913; No. 19, 1914)

1913 Douglas Chapman

1914 Des McDonald/Carlyle Kenley (No. 22, 1913)

1915 Johnny Hassett (No. 34, 1913)

1919 – 1923 William Allan (see 1912 above)

1924 – 1931 Stan Wittman

1932 Leo Nolan

1933 Noel Barnett

1934 Col Niven (No. 10, 1933; No. 2, 1935)

1935 – 1940 Gordon Jones

1941 Stan 'Pop' Heal

1942 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott (No. 5, 1937 – 1940)

1943 Keith Shadbolt/Don Hooper (No. 18, 1932 – 1935)

1944 Ron Kimberley (No. 21, 1939 – 1941)/Jack Compton

1946 – 1947 Ern Rowarth (No. 33, 1945)

1948 James Mitchell (No. 37, 1946 – 1947)

1948 – 1956 Denis Cordner (No. 17, 1943)

1957 – 1959 Dick Fenton-Smith

1961 Bruce Leslie

1963 Garry Byers (No. 50, 1962)

1964 – 1967 Robert Foster

1968 – 1972 Max Walker (No. 46, 1967)

1974 – 1981 Garry Baker

1984 – 1985 Steven Smith (No. 35, 1974 – 1983)

1988 – 1991 Steven O’Dwyer (No. 32, 1987)

1993 – 1994 Adrian Campbell

1995 – 1997 Sean Charles (No. 44, 1992 – 1993; No. 18, 1994)

1998 – 1999 Jamie Shanahan

2003 – 2005 Chris Heffernan

2006 – Simon Buckley

Number 2

1912 Harry Brereton (No. 7, 1915)

1913 Algernon Millhouse

1914 William Quinn

1915 Percy Rodriguez

1919 – 1920 Eric Tonkin

1921 – 1924 Joe Flanagan

1925 Clarrie Wyatt

1928 PB ‘Barney’ Wood

1929 – 1934 Wyn Murray

1934 Joe Kinnear (No. 17, 1932; No. 15, 1933; No. 36, 1935; No. 6, 1936 – 1937

1935 Colin Niven (No. 10, 1933; No. 1, 1934)

1936 – 1939 Lou Reiffel

1939 – 1940, 1942 – 1946 Roy Dowsing

1947 David Newman

1948 – 1955 Robert McKenzie Snr

1958 – 1963 Alan Rowarth

1966 – 1967 Robert Stewart

1968 Robert Dowsing (No. 38, 1966 – 1967)

1969 – 1970 Denis Clark (No. 38, 1968; No. 17, 1971 – 1975)

1971 – 1972 Robert D. McKenzie (No. 50, 1969; No. 10, 1970)

1973 – 1987 Robert Flower

1992 – 1999 Stephen Tingay (No. 52, 1989; No. 15, 1990 – 1991)

2002 – 2005 Steven Armstrong

2006 – Nathan Jones

Number 3

1912 Alf George (No. 14, 1913; No. 29, 1915)

1913 Jack D. Robertson (No. 10, 1912)

1914 Jack Huntington (No. 28, 1915; No. 19, 1919 – 1920)

1915 Jack McKenzie

1919 Percy Love

1920 Leo Little (No. 31, 1919)

1921 – 1929 EH 'Ted' Thomas (No. 12, 1932)

1930 – 1934 George Margitich

1935 Ken Feltscheer (No. 22, 1936)

1936 – 1938 John Lewis

1939 – 1941 William Baxter

1942 Robert Spargo

1943 Keith Molloy (No. 27, 1945)

1943 – 1947 Ron Irwin

1948 – 1952 Geoff Collins (No. 8, 1954)

1953 – 1958 Peter Marquis

1964, 1966 Maurie Bartlett

1966, 1968 Sid Catlin

1969 – 1973 Trevor Rollinson

1976 – 1978 Barry Tippett

1979 – 1980 Henry Coles (No. 13, 1975 – 1978)

1982 – 1985 Gerard Healy (No. 39, 1979 – 1981)

1986 – 1999 Garry Lyon

2002 – 2007 Clint Bizzell

Number 4

1912 Jim Fitzpatrick (No. 12, 1913)

1913 William McKenzie (No. 6, 1912; No. 27, 1914; No. 18, 1915)

1914 Percy Colee

1915 Tim Collins (No. 24, 1914)

1919 William McKenzie (see above)

1920 Alec Farrow (No. 25, 1919; No. 28, 1921)

1921 Francis Lyon

1922 Alf Oldham

1923 – 1924 Tom Elliott

1926 – 1932 Jim Abernethy (No. 14, 1923 – 1924)

1933 – 1934 Jack Sambell

1935 – 1948 Norman Smith

1949 Robert Chadwick

1950 Jack Hiscock

1951 – 1955 Ken Christie

1957 – 1965 John Lord

1966 – 1967 Peter Smith

1968 – 1979 Tony Sullivan (No. 43, 1967)

1980 – 1987 Peter Giles (No. 45, 1979)

1988 – 1991 Tony Campbell (No. 40, 1986 – 1987)

1992, 1994 Chris Sullivan

1995 – 1997 Andrew Obst (No. 29, 1990 – 1994)

1998 – 2001 Brent Grgic (No. 48, 1997)

2002 - 2003 Craig Ellis

2004 – Ben Holland

Number 5

1912 William Hendrie (No. 11, 1913; No. 15, 1914; No. 12, 1915)

1913 Bobby Monk (No. 9, 1912; No. 16, 1914)

1914 Wal Riddington

1919 RJ 'Bob' Love

1920 – 1924 Harry Harker

1925 Gerry Donnelly

1926 WO 'Ossie' Green (No. 22, 1929; ?, 1931)

1927 – 1929 E 'Tommy' McConville

1930 – 1932 HA 'Hec' Davidson

1932 – 1936 William Deague

1937 – 1940 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott (No. 1, 1942)

1941 Ron White

1942 Tom Bush (No. 17, 1944)

1943 Ron White

1943 – 1950 William 'Billy' Deans (?, 1942)

1951 – 1960 Ian McLean

1962 – 1966 Neil Crompton (No. 12, 1957 – 1960)

1967, 1969 Chris Aitken (No. 14, 1977)

1971 – 1972 John Gallus

1973 – 1974 John Clennett (No. 34, 1972)

1975 – 1977 Des Campbell (No. 18, 1970)

1978 – 1980 Graham Hunnibell

1981 – 1982 Michael Young

1984 Ray Holden

1985 – 1987 Robin White

1988 – 1991 Earl Spalding (No. 35, 1987)

1992 – 2002 David Schwarz

2004 – Brock McLean

Number 6

1912 William McKenzie (No. 4, 1913, 1919; No. 27, 1914; No. 18, 1915)

1913 Charlie H. Lilley (No. 11, 1914; No. 8, 1919 – 1925)

1914 Rupert Lowell

1915 Charlie H. Lilley (see above)

1919 – 1922 E ‘Herb’ Matthews

1923 LC ‘Bob’ Abernethy

1924 WJ ‘Johnny’ Egan

1925 Edward Parker

1926 – 1927 Jim Veal

1928 Allan Hope

1929 – 1932 Ted Esposito

1932 – 1935 Archie Roberts (No. 27, 1936)

1936 – 1937 Joe Kinnear (No. 17, 1932; No. 15, 1933; No. 2, 1934; No. 36, 1935)

1936 Jack Harrison (?, 1933)

1939 Ian Giles

1940, 1942 – 1947 Fred Fanning

1948 – 1950 Eddie Craddock (No. 9, 1947)

1951 Kevin Webb

1952 – 1954 Ken Albiston

1955 – 1964 Frank ‘Bluey’ Adams (No. 41, 1953 – 1954)

1965 – 1973 Frank Davis (No. 40, 1964)

1974 – 1978 Ross Brewer (No. 27, 1972 – 1973)

1979 Ken Roberts (No. 10, 1978)

1979 – 1981 Robert Elliott

1982 – 1986 Michael O’Sullivan

1989 – 1999 Glenn Lovett (No. 51, 1987)

2001 - 2004 Scott Thompson

2006 - Matthew Bate

Number 7

1912 WD ‘Bill’ Hickey

1913 Norm McDougall

1914 Jack A ‘Dodger’ Evans (No. 29, 1912; No. 8, 1913, 1915; No. 28, 1919)

1915 Harry Brereton (No. 2, 1912)

1919 Reg Gibb (No. 19, 1915)

1919 William Hore

1920 – 1924 Mick Anthony

1925 – 1927 Frank Jorgensen

1928 – 1930 Vince Driver

1931 – 1933 H ‘Bert’ Avery

1934 – 1936 AE ‘Bert’ Taylor

1937 – 1940 Hugh Murnane

1942 Jack Heal

1943 Robert Stone (No. 32, 1942; No. 36, 1949)

1944 – 1946 Clem Conroy

1947 – 1952 Eddie Jackson

1953 – 1962 Geoff Case

1963 – 1964 Owen Zinko

1966 – 1975 Graham Osborne (No. 24, 1976 – 1977)

1976 Ray Smith (No. 43, 1975)

1977 – 1979 Barry Denny

1980 – 1981 Phil Pinnell

1982 – 1990 Brian Wilson

1991 Rod Owen

1992 – 1999 Darren Kowal

2000 - 2002 Stephen Powell

2003 Gary Moorcroft

2004 - Brad Miller (No. 37, 2002 – 2003)

Number 8

1912 Fred Harris (No. 29, 1912; No. 7, 1914; No. 28, 1919)

1913 Jack A ‘Dodger’ Evans

1914 A ‘Bert’ Trahair

1915 Jack A ‘Dodger’ Evans (see 1913 above)

1919 – 1925 Charlie H. Lilley (No. 6, 1913, 1915; No. 11, 1914)

1926 – 1929 Herbie J. White

1931 – 1932 W ‘Bull’ Adams

1933 – 1941 Rowley Fischer

1942 – 1943 Don Hewson (?, 1944)

1945 Ralph Latham

1946 – 1947 Roy Stabb (No. 22, 1945)

1948 – 1951 Doug Heywood (No. 25,1943; No. 26, 1944)

1952 Ian Toyne

1952 Maurie Lehmann

1953 Don Cameron

1954 Geoff Collins (No. 3, 1948 – 1952)

1955 Kevin Clark

1956 – 1957 Jim Sandral

1959 – 1969 R ‘Tassie’ Johnson

1970 – 1975 Peter ‘Crackers’ Keenan (No. 10, 1981 – 1982)

1976 – 1978 Peter Johnston

1979 Glenn Elliott

1980 – 1982 Brent Crosswell

1983 Les Bamblett

1984 Peter Thorne (No. 40, 1978 – 1979)

1985 – 1995 Graeme Yeats (No. 45, 1984)

1996 Craig Turley

1999 Jeff Farmer

2000 James Cook

2001 – 2006 Alistair Nicholson (No. 44, 1997 – 2000)

2007 – James Frawley

Number 9

1912 Bobby Monk (No. 5, 1913; No. 16, 1914)

1913 William ‘Bill’ Allan (No. 1, 1912, 1919 – 1923; No. 19, 1914)

1914 Harry Britter

1915 William ‘Bill’ Allan (see 1913 above)

1919 John McMahon

1920 – 1928 Charles ‘Brum’ Streeter

1930 – 1931 Howard Steel (No. 30, 1932)

1932 HA ‘Arch’ Dickens

1933 – 1936 Charlie Longhurst

1937 – 1943 Richard Emselle

1944 – 1946 Ivan Porter

1947 Eddie Craddock (No. 6, 1948 – 1950)

1948 Les Crawley

1949 Colin Cox (No. 26, 1948)

1949 Ray Harvey

1950 Con O’Toole

1951 Alan Daly

1952 – 1953 Max Orr

1953 Peter Schofield

1954 – 1968 Brian Dixon

1969 – 1972 George Lakes (No. 39, 1968)

1972 Peter Yeo

1973 – 1974 Steve Kerley (No. 49, 1971; No. 41, 1972)

1975 – 1981 Laurie Fowler

1982 – 1990 Alan Johnson

1992 – 1993 Darren Cuthbertson (No. 48, 1991)

1994 - David Neitz (No. 38, 1993)

Number 10

1912 Jack D. Robertson (No. 3, 1913)

1913 J Watt

1914 Bill Daly (No. 18, 1913)

1915 J Watt (see above, 1913)

1919 Gordon Coulter

1920 – 1921 Jack Brake (see also 1915)

1923 – 1931 Jack Collins

1932 Geoff McInnes (No. 17, 1933)

1933 Colin Niven (No. 1, 1934; No. 2, 1935)

1934 – 1936 Jack Bennett (No. 34, 1933)

1937 Fred Backway (No. 21, 1935)

1937 – 1943 Maurie Gibb (No. 14, 1934 – 1937)

1938 (also) Len Catton

1944 – 1945 Gordon Kramer (No. 26, 1942)

1946 – 1954 Lance Arnold

1957 – 1961 Robert S. Turner

1962 – 1967, 1969 Ken Emselle

1970 Robert B. McKenzie (No. 50, 1969; No. 2, 1971 – 1972)

1971 – 1972 Lloyd Burgmann (No. 40, 1970)

1973 – 1975 Carl Ditterich

1976 – 1978 Craig McKellar

1978 Ken Roberts (No. 6, 1979)

1979 – 1980 Carl Ditterich (see also 1973 – 1975)

1981 – 1982 Peter ‘Crackers’ Keenan (No. 8, 1970 – 1975)

1983 Peter Moore (No. 30, 1984 – 1987)

1984 – 1990 Danny Hughes

1992 Matthew Mahoney (No. 46, 1990)

1994 Martin Pike (No. 22, 1993)

1995 – 2000 Marcus Seecamp

2001 - 2007 Daniel Ward (No. 49, 1998 – 1999; No. 26, 1999 – 2000)

Interesting history there Demonland. Thanks for all the research